Dolly for handling furniture



Feb. 3, 1953 J. MCNAMARA 2,627,425

DOLLY FOR HANDLING FURNITURE Filed Jan. 19, 1950 FIG. I 3).

1g 14 I axxxx a. gr? w w 10 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 3, 1953UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE DOLLY FOR HANDLING FURNITURE Frank J.McNamara, Buffalo, N. Y.

Application January 19, 1950, Serial No. 139,485

1 Claim.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in adevice or appliance for facilitating the movement of furniture in homes,ofiices, apartments and like places.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a simple, compact andinexpensive device of this character which functions as a carrier toreadily enable a housewife or others to easily move various types andstyles of furniture from room to room or from one location to another,and which is so designed as to effectually support and retain thefurniture in a selective position thereon during its movement.

Another object of the invention is to provide a practical andfree-moving furniture handling device which will roll in any directionwithout marking floors or rugs and which will not mar or scratch thefurniture.

Other features of the invention reside in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views of my improved handling deviceshowing dilferent manners of its use. Figure 3 is an enlarged crosssection taken on line 2--2, Figure 1.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

In its preferred construction, my furniturehandling device iscomparatively light in weight and small and of any suitable shape inplan, that shown in the drawings being substantially triangular in shapefor the purpose of readily lending itself for convenient production,distribution and application with various types and styles of furniturefound in the home, ofiice and like places.

The device comprises a platform Ill, made of wood or other suitablematerial, securely mounted on swivel-type casters H which are attachedto the lower side and at the corners thereof to provide several bearingstherefor which prevent accidental tipping of the device and allowrollingin any direction to thereby facilitate the easy placement offurniture where desired.

Applied to the top side of the platform II] and secured thereto by asuitable adhesive or other means is a cushion-like pad I2 of spongerubber or like material which not only prevents relative slipping of thefurniture from its selective position on the device during a movingoperation but also protects the finish of the furniture against marringor scratching. In its top side and preferably centrally thereof theplatform II] has a recess or depression l3 therein over which thecushion-like pad extends in a normally taut and fiatwise fashion andfitted in this recess is an insert IQ of resilient material providing adeepseated cushion for the purpose of receiving and accommodating thelower end of the leg or like portion of a piece of furniture, as shownin Figure 2. By this construction, any load imposed upon or transmittedto any portion of the pad or insert by an article of furniture willcause the same to be compressed so that the article will be effectuallyretained thereon and prevented from slipping off the device whenpropelling the furniture from one location to another.

I claim as my invention:

A furniture handling device, comprising a flattopped platform ofcomparatively small area adapted for supporting engagement with aportion of furniture to be moved, said platform having a depressiontherein substantially centrally of its top side, an insert of resilientmaterial fitted in said depression and having its upper surface coplanarwith the top side of the platform, a cushion-like pad applied fiatwiseover the top side of the platform and said insert, and swivel castersattached to the lower side of said platform.

FRANK J. MCNAMARA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,666,139 Johnson Apr. 17, 19281,881,335 Ulmer Oct. 4, 1932 2,069,476 Keil Feb. 2, 1937 2,147,076 AultFeb. 14, 1939 2,345,381 Chenette Mar. 28, 1944 2,459,865 Boume Jan. 25,1949 2,472,952 Lennard June 14, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date6,408 Great Britain Jan. 27, 1900 of 1899 OTHER REFERENCES Model 6620illustrated on page 15 of Catalog No. L-292 (Copyright 1945) issued bythe Colson Corporation, Elyria, Ohio, and filed in class 280, sub-class61, in Division 47.

